On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 01:49:00 EST [email protected] writes:
> In a message dated 1/9/00 5:59:31 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> << Your right i did notice that the fan is not coming on. Where is
> the switch located? I checked the fuses but all were OK. Any ideas or
help?
> >>
> If the fan isn't coming on, the car will overheat. That's your
> problem. The fan switch is located on the bottom of the radiator,
under the
> battery.
> Check to see that the wires are okay, if they are, then you probably
> just need a $10 fan switch.
>
> Alex.
A stuck thermostat will also keep the coolant at the bottom of the
radiator, where the sensor is screwed in, from getting hot enough to turn
the fan on.
Eventually the water gets hot enough in the bottom of the radiator, but
usually it is too late.
If it still overheats when you drive it down the road, it is not the fan.
It is some kind of blockage, radiator or stuck thermostat, or the water
pump is bad.
The water pump belt is still on there, right?
If the fan switch was mounted closer to the top of the radiator, it would
turn the fan on earlier when the thermostat was stuck. Some Volkswagen
radiators have it halfway up, but most of them have the rad fan switch
towards the bottom of the radiator right below the battery.
ARG, enough ranting...
Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'80 Scirocco
'88 Scirocco 16V
'83 GTI, daily driver
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